Patents by Inventor Christoph Merhold

Christoph Merhold has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10363199
    Abstract: A syringe adapter is used for connecting a dosing syringe to a container in order to take up a fluid. The syringe adapter has a fluid delivery channel for creating a flow connection between the inside of the container and the inside of the dosing syringe. At least one ventilation channel of the syringe adapter is used for creating an air connection between the inside of the container and the container surroundings. In at least one of the channels a non-return valve is arranged, which allows the passage of media in an open position and in a closed position closes the channel. This results in a syringe adapter which has improved handing and in particular provides sufficient dosing precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Raumedic AG
    Inventors: Christoph Merhold, Tobias Festel, Sebastian Maag, Gero Eichelkraut, Bernd Spindler
  • Publication number: 20180014997
    Abstract: A device serves for transferring a fluid between a storage container and at least one further container for use. Said transfer device comprises a sealing section by means of which a main part of the transfer device sealingly rests on the storage container. A hollow-needle assembly comprises a hollow needle which can be moved between a retracted resting position and a deployed connecting position, the assembly, in the connecting position, providing a fluid connecting channel between the storage container and the transfer device. The hollow-needle assembly can be moved by means of a pressure actuating element. During said movement, the pressure actuating element is primarily connected to the sleeve of the hollow needle so as to be resistant to shear forces. A guiding device serves to axially guide the pressure actuating element on the main part. Said guiding device has at least one guiding pin. Said guiding pin slides in at least one associated guiding groove during movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Gero Eichelkraut, Tobias Festel, Frank Skaper, Martin Bayer, Christoph Merhold
  • Publication number: 20180000690
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a liquid between a storage container and at least one further use container has a storage-container sealing portion for leaktight abutment of a main body of the transfer apparatus against the storage container. A hollow-needle assembly has a hollow needle. The hollow-needle assembly can be displaced in a linear manner along a movement axis relative to the main body by means of a gear mechanism between a retracted rest position and an extended connecting position. In the latter, the hollow needle creates a liquid connecting duct between the storage container and the transfer apparatus. A connecting portion serves to connect the transfer apparatus to the use container in a leaktight manner. A rotary-actuation element is operatively connected to the hollow-needle assembly via the gear mechanism. The gear mechanism has a driver ring that is mounted in the main body axially and so as to be rotatable about the movement axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Gero Eichelkraut, Tobias Festel, Frank Skaper, Martin Bayer, Christoph Merhold
  • Publication number: 20170367931
    Abstract: A hollow-needle assembly is part of a transfer apparatus that serves for transferring a liquid between a storage container and a further use container. The hollow-needle assembly has a hollow needle having a pointed needle end. A liquid duct for transporting liquid through the hollow needle and out of the latter leads out via at least one liquid-duct opening in the region of the free needle end. An aeration gas duct that likewise leads out via a gas-duct opening in the region of the free needle end serves for transporting gas through the hollow-needle assembly. Duct paths of the at least one liquid duct and of the at least one aeration gas duct extend separately from one another. The ducts lead out adjacently to one another axially along the hollow needle and in a manner offset from one another in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Gero Eichelkraut, Tobias Festel, Frank Skaper, Martin Bayer, Christoph Merhold
  • Publication number: 20160038374
    Abstract: A syringe adapter is used for connecting a dosing syringe to a container in order to take up a fluid. The syringe adapter has a fluid delivery channel for creating a flow connection between the inside of the container and the inside of the dosing syringe. At least one ventilation channel of the syringe adapter is used for creating an air connection between the inside of the container and the container surroundings. In at least one of the channels a non-return valve is arranged, which allows the passage of media in an open position and in a closed position closes the channel. This results in a syringe adapter which has improved handing and in particular provides sufficient dosing precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Christoph Merhold, Tobias Festel, Sebastian Maag, Gero Eichelkraut, Bernd Spindler